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Sunday Igboho Legal practitioner, Tommy Ojoge-Daniel, has said the recent warning issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria to financial institutions and others against doing businesses in crypto and other digital assets, cannot stop the fundraiser set up for Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho). Ojoge-Daniel, disclosed this in an interview with the PUNCH on Friday shortly after the CBN issued its directive. Sunday Igboho Supporters of Igboho had set up a Gofundme page for the purpose of raising £100,000 (N51.8 million) for him to buy buses. The fundraiser, which was initiated by Maureen Badejo, a blogger and activist based in the United Kingdom, had garnered £26, 452 (N13.8 million) as of the time of filing this report.  It was gathered that crypto currency was one of the major ways through which funds sourced through crowd funding are accessed. On Friday, the CBN directed banks in the country to close all cryptocurrency-related accounts. See Also Insecurity Fundrais

A former Pastor with the Omega Fire Ministries, Mike Davids, has released an audio clip in which the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, is heard threatening that the pastor “will die prematurely.” According to Punch, the audio clip was said to have been recorded during a phone conversation between Apostle Suleman and Davids shortly after Davids made a viral video accusing Suleman of sleeping with his wife, Pastor Faith Edeko, in the presence of their young daughter. Both Suleman and Edeko have since denied the allegation. In the recorded call which is about 42 seconds long, a voice which sounds like that of Apostle Suleman is heard threatening to make Davids disappear. Apostle Suleman also cursed Davids, telling him he will never amount to anything in life. Suleman says, “I avoided you because of the way you talk but it is clear to me that you are possessed with a demon. The same thing that made me avoid you, you keep repeating them. You will die prema

Following an attack on operatives of the Oyo State Police Command and the state security network popularly known as Amotekun Corps on Friday by hoodlums, SaharaReporters has learnt that four Amotekun operatives were in intensive care after a clash with hoodlums in Ibadan. The management of Amotekun in the state said the men were in intensive care in the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A statement by the Media Management Department, Amotekun, Oyo State indicated that the violence that led the men to the hospital followed a distress call by Odeyale Community Landlords’ Association. The statement said, “Operatives and police officers were attacked by hoodlums at Ona Ara Local Government of Oyo State. “The incident was a follow-up to a distress call by Odeyale Community Landlords’ Association which called for help today from the two security outfits to help in dislodging hoodlums from their neighbourhood. “The coordinator of Amotekun operations at Ona Ara, Mr Adelakun, sai

Governor Dapo Abiodun The Arewa United Consultative Forum has asked the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to resign for what it called his failure to secure and protect the people in his state. The group went further to condemn the activities of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, for allegedly destroying Fulani herdsmen settlements in the state early this week. Governor Dapo Abiodun This was contained in a statement issued by the AUCF National President, Alhaji Shuaibu Dansudu, in Lagos on Thursday. The group said, “Governor Abiodun remains the Chief Security Officer of the state, but it is disappointing that he could not secure his state, and had to invite someone from Oyo State to come and do the job for him. “We, therefore, call on the governor to resign his position since it appears he is not capable of functioning in that capacity. If he fails to resign, the Federal Government should withdraw his security apparatus.” Concerning Igboho, AUCF des

We can all agree that notwithstanding the stress and concerns of the present, we all will be happier if Nigeria was a much better nation with regard to the wealth of the nation, the well-being of her people, her position in the world and her banner of unity, cohesion and liberty and health. It is of course now very clear that the great future anticipated by our ancestors, that future the world foresaw when we voluntarily demanded for freedom from colonial rule under the banner of hopeful sovereignty, has been greatly diminished by our very acts or inactions. Today our nation is certainly afraid of its future which lays before her with sombre challenge. It will be a mistake to disregard the need to have an urgent conversation on Nigeria and her government. Undoubtedly governance is really at the heart of our anxiety as a people. The centralization of political power appears to have endangered our confidence, shattered our faith and weakened our belief in one Nigeria of one peop